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Noradrenergic tuning, not simple rate effects, produces temperature-sensitivity of the respiratory network in bullfrogs
Author Info
Vallejo, Mauricio
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8922-6895
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1527181646566301
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Biological Sciences.
Abstract
Animals match ventilation to metabolic and acid-base regulatory demands during changes in body temperature. Across vertebrates ventilation increases at warmer temperatures and decreases at cooler temperatures. At the organismal level this is attributed to metabolic feedback and/or alpha-stat pH regulation; however, the cellular mechanisms that produce ventilatory output in response to brain temperature changes remain unclear. To identify mechanisms underlying temperature-sensitivity of the respiratory control network, I used brainstem-spinal cord preparations producing spontaneously active, rhythmic motor output similar to breathing
in vivo
of adult bullfrogs
Lithobates catesbeianus
.
In vitro
brainstem-spinal cords were superfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) equilibrated at 90% O
2
, 1.3% CO
2
, and balance N
2
. Whole nerve recordings from the trigeminal (V) and vagus (X) nerves were used for measuring respiratory-related activity. I applied temperature ramps from 20ºC to 15ºC and then to 25ºC; each step lasted 15 minutes. Bursting frequency was analyzed for the last 5 minutes of each step and then normalized to percent of baseline (20ºC). Consistent with
in vivo
and
in vitro
data (Bicego-Nahas and Branco, 1999; Morales and Hedrick, 2002), I demonstrate that the frequency of respiratory-related nerve activity is stable across high temperatures, but not lower temperatures (One-way ANOVA p<0.0002; burst frequency different at 15ºC compared to 20ºC and compared to 25ºC, but no difference between 20ºC and 25ºC; Tukey's Multiple Comparison
post hoc test
). The locus coeruleus (LC) is a nucleus of the respiratory network and is the main supplier of norepinephrine in the brain. LC neurons from bullfrogs are paradoxically activated by decreases in temperature (Santin et al., 2013) suggesting that firing frequencies inversely proportional to temperature may play a role in setting the respiratory frequency across temperatures. To identify the role of norepinephrine in generating the respiratory frequency, I applied the temperature protocol while blocking the main adrenergic receptors (AR). For blocking a
1
AR, preparations were superfused with aCSF containing prazosin and for blocking a
2
AR I used RX821002. I found that bursting stability at high temperatures is disrupted when a
1
AR are blocked (One-way ANOVA p<0.0001; burst frequency significantly lower at 15ºC compared to 20ºC and 25ºC, and significantly lower at 20ºC compared to 25ºC; Tukey's Multiple Comparison
post hoc
test). In contrast, stable pattern across warm temperatures was maintained while the inhibition of bursting at 15°C was lost when a
2
AR were blocked (One-way ANOVA p=0.025; Tukey's Multiple Comparison
post hoc
test showed no difference in burst frequency between 15ºC, 20ºC and 25ºC). These results imply that norepinephrine tuning through different receptors, rather than simple Q
10
effects, plays a major role in generating the breathing frequency across temperatures to match metabolic demands and acid-base regulation requirements at those temperatures.
Committee
Lynn Hartzler, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Christopher Wyatt, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
David Goldstein, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
39 p.
Subject Headings
Biology
Keywords
Noradrenergic tuning
;
temperature-sensitivity
;
respiratory network
;
bullfrogs
;
ventilation
;
metabolic feedback
;
brainstem-spinal cord
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Vallejo, M. (2018).
Noradrenergic tuning, not simple rate effects, produces temperature-sensitivity of the respiratory network in bullfrogs
[Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1527181646566301
APA Style (7th edition)
Vallejo, Mauricio.
Noradrenergic tuning, not simple rate effects, produces temperature-sensitivity of the respiratory network in bullfrogs.
2018. Wright State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1527181646566301.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Vallejo, Mauricio. "Noradrenergic tuning, not simple rate effects, produces temperature-sensitivity of the respiratory network in bullfrogs." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1527181646566301
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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